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Blackguardly

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Adjective

1. blackguardly, rascally, roguish, scoundrelly

lacking principles or scruples

Example Sentences:
'the rascally rabble'
'the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy'
'the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Blackguardly

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noun
1. 
a. 
an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
b. 
(as modifier)
blackguard language
verb
2. (transitive)
to ridicule or denounce with abusive language
3. (intransitive)
to behave like a blackguard

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Blackguardly

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noun
1.  Obsolete
the lowest servants of a large household, in charge of pots and pans
2. 
a. 
a person who uses abusive language
b. 
scoundrel; villain
adjective
3. 
vulgar, low, etc.
4. 
abusive
verb transitive
5. 
to abuse with words; rail at; revile

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Blackguardly

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n.
1. A thoroughly unprincipled person; a scoundrel.
2. A foul-mouthed person.
tr.v. black·guard·ed, black·guard·ing, black·guards
To abuse verbally; revile.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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